‘Transformative’: US Census to add Middle Eastern, North African category

“This has been a long time coming,” Ayoub told Al Jazeera ... Latinos who responded to the US Census in 2020 chose “some other race”, according to the group. Like Ayoub, AAI’s ... Read More

Groups urge Census to reclassify Hmong people as ‘Southeast Asian’ not ‘East Asian’

Civil rights ... the United States identify as part of the Southeast Asian population.” A similar acknowledgement has also been posted on the Census Bureau’s website. In the letter, groups ... Read More

Hundreds of Rights Groups Urge US to Stop Deporting Haitians Fleeing Gang War

Hundreds of Rights Groups Urge US to Stop Deporting Haitians Fleeing ... human rights, religious and civil rights groups, calling for the U.S. administration to extend temporary protected status ... Read More

Civil rights, medical groups sue FDA over ‘almost unconscionable’ delay in ban on menthol tobacco products

A coalition of civil rights and medical organizations said Tuesday that they are suing the US Food and Drug Administration because it has missed its own deadline ... said at a news conference ... Read More

Civil rights groups call for funds for representation in immigration court

A coalition of more than 100 civil rights and immigrant rights groups are calling on Congress to fund legal representation for foreign nationals in immigrant detention. In a letter to the top ... Read More

Civil rights groups call for collapsed Baltimore bridge to be renamed, call Francis Scott Key a racist slave owner

Civil rights groups are calling for the collapsed Baltimore ... Mitchell — the first black man from Maryland elected to the US House of Representatives. “Of course the naysayers will not ... Read More

Civil rights groups decry effort to punish US federal inmates for social media use

Civil liberties advocates are facing a Monday deadline to push the federal Bureau ... Ebony Underwood, whose nonprofit, We Got Us Now, works with the children of incarcerated parents called ... Read More

Anti-Muslim incidents climbed sharply last year, civil rights group says

The group received a total of ... according to the CAIR's annual civil rights report. MORE: Bias incidents against Muslims, Jews on the rise in US amid Middle East war, new data shows The surge ... Read More

Hundreds of rights groups urge US to stop deporting Haitians fleeing gang war

(Reuters) - Nearly 500 immigration and human rights organizations signed a letter urging the U.S. government to halt deportations of Haitians and expand migration protections as a devastating gang ... Read More

Hundreds of rights groups urge US to stop deporting Haitians fleeing gang war

The Haitian Bridge Alliance, a San Diego-based non-profit, published a letter on Wednesday together with 481 migration, human rights, religious and civil rights groups, calling for the U.S ... Read More